State Department: decision to impose new anti-Russian sanctions was taken under Obama

State Department: decision to impose new anti-Russian sanctions was taken under Obama

The decision on the adoption of new sanctions against 8 Russian enterprises was adopted in the final days of the presidency of barack obama, reports RIA Novosti news agency the message of representative of the state department. The decision to impose sanctions on this group of individuals and companies was made by the state department january 17, 2017 (Trump took office on 20 january). And then studied the new administration before passing it to the congress and said the agency interlocutor. The newspaper reminds that on march 21, Washington imposed sanctions against 8 Russian companies in connection with the laws of the United States on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction relating to Syria, Iran and North Korea. In the black list were "Rosoboronexport". What exactly accuse the Russian enterprises, the state department has not specified. Representatives of the "Rosoboronexport", commenting on the decision, noted that the company has several years of living under the sanctions, which "Have become the impetus for the development of technologies and entering new markets. " in turn, the Russian foreign ministry said the new restrictions "Are inconsistent with the statements of Washington on the priority of the fight against terrorism and undermine the prospects of cooperation to defeat ISIS (a group banned in Russia)".

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